THE DRAFT CONSTITUTION 281
THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY, FEB. 26,1948 312
SIXTH SCHEDULE
[Articles 189 (b) and 190 (2)]
PROVISIONS AS TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRIBAL AREAS IN ASSAM
- Autonomous districts and autonomous regions.—(1) 5 The tribal areas in each item of Part I of the Table appended to paragraph 19 of this Schedule for the time being included in that Part shall be an autonomous district.
(2) If there are different scheduled tribes in an autono- mous district, the Governor may, by public notification, divide 10 the area or areas inhabited by them into autonomous regions.
(3) The Governor may, by public notification—
(a) include any area in Part I of the said Table,
(b) create a new autonomous district,
(c) increase the area of any autonomous district, 15
(d) exclude any area from Part I of the said Table,
(e) diminish the area of any autonomous district:
Provided that no order shall be made by the Governor under clause (b) or clause (c) of this sub-paragraph except after consideration of the report of a Commission appointed 20 under sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 14 of this Schedule:
Provided further that no order shall be made by the Governor under clause (d) or clause (e) of this sub-paragraph unless a resolution to that effect is passed by the District Council of the autonomous district concerned. 25
2, Constitution of District Councils and Regional Coun- cils.—(1) There shall be a District Council for each auto- nomous district consisting of not less than twenty and not more than forty members of whom not less than three-fourths shall be elected on the basis of adult suffrage. 30
(2) The territorial constituencies for elections to each District Council shall be so delimited that as far as possible the areas inhabited by the different scheduled tribes of the district and the areas, if any, inhabited by other persons shall form separate constituencies: 35
Provided that no constituency shall be formed which has a total population of less than five hundred.
(3) There shall be a separate regional Council for each area constituted an autonomous region under sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of this Schedule. 40